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Originally Posted by camille1585
For the big pansy-like Miltoniopsis, I think your best bet is to look for them in garden centers, or at local orchid shows (unless you really want a named plant). Those are the only places that I regularly see them, with the highest frequency being in the spring, usually around Easter. It also doesn't help that they're often incorrectly called Miltonia...
Another thought, I've visited a few nurseries, and they generally have a selection of the run of the mill unnamed hybrids you can generally find in supermarkets and such. They won't put these on their websites since those plants are more targeted to the walk in customers (for impulse buys of blooming plants). If there is a vendor who has all the other plants you want, it could be an idea to email and ask if they have any miltoniopsis.
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Unfortunately the local garden centre and shops only stock phals, there's an orchid show nearby coming up in a few months so I'll keep an eye out there but I only have one show near me per year, even this one doesn't entirely classify as local, it's in the next town. What a shame, I really love the look of miltoniopsis and would love to try my hand at the challenge of keeping them alive